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¶ … Stereotypes: Positive and Negative Ones
Truthfully, there is no such thing as a positive stereotype. Stereotypes are inherently limiting and circumscribe the expectations and the perceptions of an individual towards another, a group, or towards entire stratifications of social, religious, ethnicities, and other categorizations for people. A more accurate assessment of the concept of a positive stereotype is to denote that some stereotypes are based on assumptions that are supposed to be complimentary in attempts to solicit "stereotype endorsement" (Okeke et al., 2009, p. 366). For instance, regarding the instructor's remarks about Mary, it is supposed to be a compliment that just based on her ethnicity that she should perform well as a dancer. Nonetheless, even these sorts of stereotypes can produce a noxious effect by creating unreasonable expectations. Mary might actually be a fairly poor dancer; she might have avoided taking dance classes all her life because she wanted to eschew the chagrin associated with the fact that she is a Hispanic female who does not have some sort of innate prowess at dancing. Thus, even though some stereotypes are supposed to be complimentary, they are still not quite positive.
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Firstly, doing so gives them a way to contextualize and present some basic assumption of understanding of the unknown. It is scary and sometimes difficult to deal with unknown things. Stereotypes helps to eliminate such discomfort and difficulty by providing a framework for assuming things about others that one does not know based on precedents. Doing so is not right, and is not fair to those individuals or groups that one is stereotyping. However, the benefit for stereotyping exists solely with the one forming or conceiving of the stereotype, because it gives him or her a point of reference for attempting to understand things that otherwise may be too complicated or unsettling to understand without some preconceived insight.
People actually learn stereotypes in a variety of ways. Some stereotypes are learned on one's own. A person can have an experience with a certain group of people or perceive a type of codification for people and tend to categorize them based on those circumstances. Additionally, such stereotypes can be formed due to either a negative or positive experience with such a group of people. Again, this is all at the individual level. However, stereotypes are…
references: Exploring the role of social identity and intergroup emotions in influencing support for affirmative action. Communication Monographs. 77, 102-120.
Stereotypes Practitioners of certain religions have faced prejudiced and stereotyped ideas about the personages because of the negative affiliations of their religion. Perhaps no religion is as stereotyped as the religion called Islam. Islam, antithetically to what the majority of ignorant people believe, is "a religion of ethics, obedience, harmony, and is based on a faithful belief system" (Hossain). It is a religion that promotes peace and the toleration of others.
Racism "Why is it so easy to develop and then retain racial prejudices?" How can we break this "mold"? Racial prejudices are formed easily because they are learned cognitive patterns. One develops racial prejudices just as one learns a language or learns how to ride a bicycle. Just as it is difficult to "unlearn" a skill, it can also be difficult to "unlearn" racism. However, it is possible to break the "mold"
" This temporary lesson actually applies on a wider scale to life. Clothing, in our society, is closely integrated with sexuality and gender definition. Men often determine who they will have a sexual interest in based on the clothing of the person in question. A woman in a housecoat is not generally seen as a sexual target in the same way that a woman in a leather miniskirt is. Because
She notes that "the laughter from the women in the group led to a pretty obvious bleeding of mascara" (2006). During this uproar, a male voice from the audience piped up and said he didn't find any of it funny. A few more men murmured sounds of agreement. The man said these women were nothing more than a couple of drunks. He ended with the comment, "I don't get
Israel Explanation of the Issue: Introduction The most recent escalation of conflict in Israel and Gaza show that the current situation is untenable. This paper examines the history of the creation of the state of Israel and the aftermath of the Balfour Declaration and its subsequent United Nations resolutions in 1947. After providing background information on the situation in Israel, the author will examine the security risks that both the Israelis and
Autism is a developmental disorder as it is marked with pervasive and severe impairment revolving around areas of development such as communication, imagination, reciprocal interaction and behavior. The diagnostic criteria for autism as incorporated by the DSM IV TR includes symptoms such as impairment in the use of nonverbal behaviors like eye contact, gestures, bodily postures during the normal routine social interaction, the inability to form good peer relationships, delay